As German distributors remove their archives for unreleased tides in a bid to profit from digital video disk boom the focus has largely been on the work of world-renowned auteur directors such as Wim Wenders, Werner Herzog and Rainer Werner Fassbinder. But as DVD appetite grows German companies...

The article reports on the release of the documentary DVD "Six Days in June: The War That Redefined the Middle East" in the U.S. According to WGBH Boston Video, the outcome of the Six Days War has contributed to the country's present stance regarding the unresolved crisis in the Middle East. The...

This article discusses the need for reauthoring recordable DVDs. The need for a fully playable DVD, plus the built-in capability to reopen and reauthor its contents arose directly from the development of set-top DVD recorders, which has to be able to record material to a disc in multiple...

The article focuses on the average of days for a film to be delivered on DVD format in the U.S. in 2007. It cites that the 93 films released on DVD format that grossed at least $25 million had averaged 126 between theatrical launch and arrival on DVD. It states that the average number of days to...

The article offers tips on DVD burning. The first key factor when considering how much compression to use is the end playback source. The trick to getting three or even four 2-hour home movies onto a double-layer disc is to use what's called variable Q-rate variable bit rate. A process to get...